Breesport vs Wellsburg

A side-by-side comparison of Breesport and Wellsburg: population, income, housing, and more.

Breesport and Wellsburg are places in New York. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Breesport has the higher population (796 vs 471 in Wellsburg). Breesport has the higher median household income ($67,043 vs $60,694 in Wellsburg). Breesport has the higher median home value ($152,000 vs $91,000 in Wellsburg).

Population, income & housing

	Breesport	Wellsburg
Population	796	471
Median age	55.7 yrs	29.9 yrs
Median household income	$67,043	$60,694
Median home value	$152,000	$91,000
Median gross rent	—	$1,000
Housing units	320	215
Homeownership rate	100.0%	81.7%
Bachelor's degree or higher	21.9%	19.7%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	12.2%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Breesport	Wellsburg
Population	773 → 796 (+3.0%)	458 → 471 (+2.8%)
Median household income	$57,406 → $67,043 (+16.8%)	$41,250 → $60,694 (+47.1%)
Median home value	$109,000 → $152,000 (+39.4%)	$84,100 → $91,000 (+8.2%)
Median gross rent	—	$1,018 → $1,000 (-1.8%)

Breesport

Population

773796

Median household income

$57,406$67,043

Median home value

$109,000$152,000

Wellsburg

Population

458471

Median household income

$41,250$60,694

Median home value

$84,100$91,000

Median gross rent

$1,018$1,000

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Breesport	Wellsburg
Under 5	3.1%	13.6%
5 to 17	13.9%	11.5%
18 to 24	1.6%	9.3%
25 to 34	0.8%	22.5%
35 to 44	12.9%	10.8%
45 to 54	15.2%	11.3%
55 to 64	14.8%	7.0%
65 to 74	28.1%	9.1%
75 and over	9.4%	4.9%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Breesport	Wellsburg
White (non-Hispanic)	95.0%	92.4%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	0.0%	5.9%
Hispanic or Latino	5.0%	1.7%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Breesport	Wellsburg
No high school diploma	5.4%	8.7%
High school graduate	37.4%	50.8%
Some college or associate's	35.2%	20.7%
Bachelor's degree	7.3%	14.2%
Graduate or professional degree	14.7%	5.5%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Breesport	Wellsburg
Drove alone	88.0%	79.2%
Carpooled	3.4%	11.1%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.0%	1.9%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	8.7%	2.8%
Other means	0.0%	5.1%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Breesport	Wellsburg
1-unit, detached	100.0%	63.3%
1-unit, attached	0.0%	0.0%
2 to 4 units	0.0%	4.2%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	0.0%	32.6%

Poverty & households

	Breesport	Wellsburg
Poverty rate	2.8%	20.2%
Average household size	2.70	2.34
Mean commute (minutes)	32	22
Median year structure built	1957	1972